in this video I take you through the process of making your own Apple Fusion Drive. This is a great option for those of you looking for lots of space and don't want to sacrifice performance. I also walk through the simple testing of BlackMagic Disk Speed Test, as well as doing a restart, shut-down, and boot-up timing test.
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Before you begin:
If you do not already own a copy (e.g. have accessibility to it through the Mac App Store) of OS X 10.8 or above, you will lose your Recovery Partition if you do not follow the steps found here: http://youtu.be/kaozNMMTtZs
Jonathan of TLDtoday shows you how to get a copy of your OS. Please get a copy of your OS, just incase you mess anything up or decide the Apple Fusion Drive just isn't for you.
Remember - MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR STUFF BEFORE YOU BEGIN!!!
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I used the following:
- 256GB Samsung 830 Series SSD: http://goo.gl/9chUH
- 250GB Toshiba 5400rpm Apple Drive
- OWC Data Doubler: http://goo.gl/6078p
- 8GB SD Card for Lion Recovery
- Lion Disk Maker can be found here: http://goo.gl/V7EfB
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Terminal Commands by order of appearance in the video:
1. diskutil list
2. diskutil cs create Fusion disk# disk#
3. diskutil cs list
4. COPY LOGICAL ID NUMBER
5. diskutil coreStorage createVolume PASTE_LOGICAL_ID_NUMBER jhfs+ "Name Of Drive" ENTER_SIZE_OF_FUSION_DRIVE
To delete Fusion Drive:
1. diskutil cs list
2. COPY LOGICAL ID NUMBER
3. diskutil cs delete PASTE_LOGICAL_ID_NUMBER
